Collapsed Mind

You wake me from my dreams You stare through me with no eyes Your dreams are of mine You ponder to yourself About my life I hope you can see right through me Through my shallow outer shell Dig deep into my depths and sink Into the eternity I call my heart My soul Swim further through the jungles of mixed emotions These swamps engulf my thoughts of you My every thought Are you afraid? Your fear is only relative You, the one with the heart of kindness The one with the powerful eyes The one who shoos away my nightmares and worries The one who I let explore my heart Only to find him to become lost within the wild tangent of my mind And only when he was lost Did he finally discover me

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